Starting with a cub, the superpower boss becomes the richest man by lying flat

Chapter 16 The one who died was not the baby, but Uncle Lin’s biological son

The Lin family's old house was even more chaotic than Lin Xin had imagined.

Boss Lin stood in a corner of the yard with a sad face. The cloth wrapped around his hands was wet and still faintly steaming. Boss Lin stood on the other side of the yard with a big purple bump on his forehead. His clothes were obviously torn and some parts were untied.

Xu and Zhou were nowhere to be seen, but occasionally someone could be heard talking in a low voice in the kitchen.

Old Man Lin was not outside, but his voice could be heard throughout the yard.

"Lin Lao Er, you debt collector! I raised you with good food and drink, but instead of repaying me, you even dared to complain to the King of Hell, asking him to send his little devils to catch me. Humph! What can the little devils do to me? I still beat them half to death. Let me tell you, even if you tell the truth, I raised you, you are my son, and you still dare to break off the relationship with me? I will kill you!"

"Come on! Come over here if you dare! I wasn't afraid of you when you were alive, so why would I be afraid of a dead ghost like you?"

"Bullshit! Who said I was scared?"

"How dare you! If you dare to touch a hair on my son's head, I will throw your daughter and son into the mountains to feed the wolves. Humph, it feels good to be surrounded by wolves, right? I'll let your child have a taste of it later!"

"So what? Who in the village believed you back then? They all said you wandered into the mountains for fun and were surrounded by wolves. It's a shame they didn't kill you, and instead let you live until that old chief found you. I really regret not killing you outright."

"That's right, you are indeed not my son. Your father died a long time ago, and not even a bone was left. I personally sent him to death and buried him."

"Why should I tell you the location? If I don't tell you, you won't be able to rest in peace even after you die."

Judging from what he said, he should be talking to the ghost of "Lin Lao Er". His words were so sharp that the villagers on the side felt that he was going too far. Seeing Lin Xin and Lin Nan standing at the gate of the courtyard listening with expressionless faces, their eyes were full of sympathy.

The old patriarch must have been called here a long time ago. He was sitting on a bench with his eldest son Lin Jing standing behind him. Both of them had fatigue after being shocked and angry, and a hint of dejection on their faces. It was obvious that old man Lin had said something else before Lin Xin and the others came over.

"Xin girl, bring Nan boy over to the clan leader's side." Seeing Lin Xin and her brother, the old clan leader's eyes turned red, and his old hands, like dry tree bark, stretched out tremblingly.

"Grandpa, clan leader," Lin Xin took two quick steps, freeing one hand and placing it in the old clan leader's hand.

"Girls, Grandpa is so sorry! Grandpa is not worthy of being the clan leader!" An old man, with red eyes, looked at you and cried. Lin Xin didn't know how to comfort him. In the end, she could only say dryly, "Grandpa, clan leader, this is not your fault."

"It's all the old man's fault. I clearly felt that your father was not your grandfather's child, but I didn't investigate thoroughly. If I had been more cautious back then, maybe your father would have met a good family and would not have died so early. You and your sister would not have suffered so much." The old patriarch took all the responsibility on himself and said to her with great guilt.

"Grandpa, clan leader, that's not true. If my father hadn't married into the Lin family, he might not have met my mother. Then there would be no Nannan and I. Compared to suffering, I think I still want to be a human being." Lin Xin really didn't know how to comfort people, and she didn't know what had happened. She had to rack her brains for a long time before she said these comforting words.

If Old Man Lin in the house hadn't been cursing the invisible "Old Second Lin", everyone in the yard would have been amused by her. What does it mean to want to be more human?

The old patriarch was also at a loss for words. He raised his hand and rubbed Lin Xin's head, sighing, "You're a good child. Your father, knowing how kind you are, can rest assured in heaven. Your brother is also a good person. Raise him well, and he will treat you well in the future."

"Don't worry, Grandpa Clan Leader. I will definitely take good care of Nan Nan. When our family conditions get better in a few days, I will send him to school. In the future, he will pass the imperial examination and come back to bring honor to Grandpa Clan Leader." "Okay, okay, Grandpa Clan Leader will wait." The old Clan Leader felt much better after hearing Lin Xin's words.

Lin Nan woke up in a daze at this moment. Although he was not on the kang where he usually woke up, he did not feel scared because he was in the arms of his most familiar sister. He rubbed his eyes with his little hands and called out in a baby voice, "Sister~" Without opening his eyes, he lay on Lin Xin's shoulder and began to doze off.

"Nannan, wake up. If you're still sleepy, let's go home and continue sleeping later, okay?" Lin Xin shook her arm gently.

"Huh?" Lin Nan was not fully awake yet, but he subconsciously did as his sister told him. He opened his eyes dazedly and was suddenly shocked to find so many people around him. This time, his sleepiness was completely scared away.

"Sister, what are we doing here?" He had already recognized that this was the old Lin family house. He didn't like this place, nor did he like the people here.

"This..." Lin Xin couldn't answer this question either. She herself was still confused!
"Let me tell you!" Lin Jing stood up from behind the old patriarch.

"Well, Uncle Jing, you talk, and Nannan and I are listening." Lin Xin could sense the uneasiness in his heart, wondering what on earth this old man Lin had said to make the old patriarch and the successor patriarch behave like this.

"Thirty-six years ago, villagers from our village went up the mountain to chop firewood and rescued a scholar with a baby. The scholar was injured and the baby was in poor condition, so they had no choice but to bring them back to the village.

The baby was not even a month old and was crying because of hunger. At that time, your grandmother was the only one in the village who had just given birth. My father helped the scholar negotiate with Uncle Lin to see if he could help feed the baby, and he was willing to pay.

For the sake of the money, your grandmother agreed immediately, so the scholar and the baby were taken to his home. She breastfed the baby and also helped take care of the baby.

Later, the scholar's injuries worsened and he died. The whole village helped bury him in the back mountain.

I don’t know if it was because of the bond between father and son, but after the scholar died, the baby soon followed. However, none of us expected that the one who died was not the baby at all, but Uncle Lin’s biological son.

At this point, Lin Xin understood. No wonder there was a plot in the original novel where a nobleman came to look for his relatives. However, at that time, both Old Man Lin's biological son and the scholar's child were gone, and Old Man Lin's family didn't have a child of the right age to take the place of the deceased, so they pushed Lin Yang, the eldest son of the first wife, out. Everything now made sense.

Looking at Lin Xin's calm eyes and the dazed Lin Nan in her arms, Lin Jing hesitated for a moment and asked, "Xin girl, this is the situation. What are your plans..."

"Grandpa Clan Leader, Uncle Jing, we have severed our ties with the Lin family, and now it's confirmed that we really have no relationship, so we can't actually be considered members of the Lin family. Will Grandpa Clan Leader chase us away?" Lin Xin asked.

"Of course not. Your father grew up in the village and his name is even written in the family tree!" said the old patriarch, stroking his beard.

"In that case, Nan Nan and I will always be members of the Lin family. That won't change."

"Okay, okay, if you have any difficulties in the future, just look for the clan leader, grandpa, or your Uncle Jing."

"Okay, Grandpa Clan Leader. I will definitely have to trouble you and Uncle Jing in the future." Lin Xin answered in a very official manner, but the old Clan Leader and Lin Jing were both satisfied.

(End of this chapter)